Andrew Finkel, a veteran journalist based in Turkey for decades, on his debut novel “The Adventure of the Second Wife: The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and the Ottoman Sultan” (Even Keel Press). It is a sprawling story exploring the mystery of Abdulhamid II’s obsession with Sherlock Holmes.
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Mehmet Kentel on the world of Ottoman caricaturist Yusuf Franko
Karabekir Akkoyunlu on the 'exit from democracy' in Turkey and beyond
Edhem Eldem on Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II between fantasy and reality
Cathy Otten on Yezidi women and Iraq after the Islamic State
Ezgi Başaran on ‘frontline Turkey,’ Gülenists and the Kurdish peace process
Raja Shehadeh on 'travels with his Ottoman uncle,' Palestine and the First World War
Lora Sarı on the Istanbul-based Armenian publisher Aras
Özlem Madi-Şişman on Muslims, money and democracy in Turkey
Fikret Adaman on Erdoğan, the environment and economic policy in Turkey
Alexander Clarkson on Turks and Kurds in Germany
Ekin Oklap on the pleasures and pitfalls of translating Orhan Pamuk
Cenk Özbay on male prostitution in Istanbul and LGBT rights in Turkey
Suzy Hansen on viewing America from Turkey
Douglas Howard on a new history of the Ottoman Empire
Max Hoffman on Turkish civil society under siege
Soner Çağaptay on Erdoğan and the crisis of modern Turkey
Esra Gürakar on crony capitalism in Turkey
Birol Başkan on Turkey, Qatar and the geopolitics of the Middle East
Nigar Göksel on Turkey's PKK conflict through the case of Nusaybin
Ryan Gingeras on Turkey's 'deep state of crisis'
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